irianna returns to her homeland in belarus and accidentally ends up in a remote belarusian village in is so... captivating that she first builds a house here for herself, and then begins to save other old and useless village houses from demolition. when you are dismantling a house, it is very important not to fall into this tiredness of the old and the desire to just do everything burn it, throw it away, bury it, and tell yourself very carefully: stop and save it, where others see rickety and half-rotten walls. iriana shyam, having left her established life in america, several years ago she moved to the remote belarusian village of shemetova, 130 km from minsk. she spends all her time, energy and personal savings to ensure that at least one dying belarusian village has a chance for a new life. the autumn village of shemetovo welcomes guests with noise. huge old lebs, gray from time at home, there are no people on the streets, but the feeling of melancholy abandonment, as in many similar villages, is not here. when iriana shiyan first came here in february of twenty -one, she caught a